# mulato
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto.

### Noun

mulato (plural mulatos)
* Capsicum annuum, a chili pepper related to the poblano and usually sold dried.

### Anagrams

* lam out

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Derived from Spanish mulato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muˈlato]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to

### Noun

mulato (accusative singular mulaton, plural mulatoj, accusative plural mulatojn)
* mulatto (a person of mixed black and white descent)
    Coordinate term: mulatino (mulatta)

### See also

* mestizo (mestizo)
* mestizino (mestiza (f.))
* kvarterono (quadroon)
* kvarteronino (quadroon (f.)))

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mulato (“mulatto”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muˈla.tu/
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: mu‧la‧to

### Noun

mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
* mulatto

### Adjective

mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
* mulatto
** 1995 June 25, “Mãe afirma ao Censo que filhos mulatos são negros”, in Folha de São Paulo‎:Quando Paula Barreto, 36, branca, filha do produtor de cinema Luís Carlos Barreto, anunciou que iria se casar com o jogador de futebol Cláudio Adão, 39, negro, comprou uma briga em casa. A reação de sua mãe, a produtora Lucy Barreto, foi perguntar se ela já tinha pensado que seus filhos seriam mulatos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* mula

## Spanish
### Etymology

From mulo (“mule”) +‎ -ato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muˈlato/ [muˈla.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: mu‧la‧to

### Adjective

mulato (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulatos, feminine plural mulatas)
* mulatto
* dark-skinned
    Synonym: moreno

#### Derived terms

* chile mulato
* garbanzo mulato
* mulatizar
* palo mulato

### Noun

mulato m (plural mulatos, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulatas)
* (obsolete) a small or young mule
    Synonym: muleto
* copal tree (Bursera spp.)
    Synonyms: copal, cuajiote colorado, indio desnudo, jiote, palo mulato, papelillo, torote
* mockingbird (general term)
    Synonyms: cenzontle, gato
* tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
    Synonyms: cenzontle, cenzontle austral, cenzontle cenizo, cenzontle de Castilla, cenzontle gris, cenzontle tropical, chico, paraulata llanera, sinsonte tropical
* great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
    Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, grajo, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
* Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
    Synonyms: mirlo, mosquero, tordo chico, tordo de ojos amarillos, tordo migratorio, urraca

#### Derived terms

* mulato azul
* mulato común
* mulato guatemalteco
* mulato pechiblanco
* mulato pecho blanco

### References

* Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 437

### Further reading

* “mulato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10